The Cambridge Companion to the Nazi-Soviet War
The Cambridge Companion to the Nazi-Soviet War
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USDThe Nazi-Soviet War was the largest and most brutal theatre of the Second World War, fought between two of the most ruthless states ever to exist. Bringing together twenty-four of the most accomplished authors in both German and Soviet history, this Cambridge Companion provides the most authoritative, and yet highly accessible, guide to the conflict. Each chapter examines a key aspect of the war from war planning, the opposing forces and the campaigns to criminality and occupation, alliances, the home fronts and postwar legacies and myth-making. The authors demonstrate that the Nazi-Soviet war was both a conventional clash of arms in which millions of soldiers fought in titanic battles, but also a non-conventional war in which soldiers and security forces murdered countless non-combatants. It was a war of resources, industry, mobilisation, administration, and popular support, with implications that still drive European security debates today.
- Comprehensive guide to the largest and most complex theatre of the Second World War
- Brings together 24 leading experts in both German and Soviet history
- Maps and photographs enhance accessibility for non-expert readers
Product details
October 2025Hardback
9781009656696
406 pages
229 × 152 mm
30 b/w illus. 12 maps
Not yet published - available from October 2025
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Introduction David Stahel
- Part I. Conceptions of War:
- 1. German-Soviet relations and military collaboration in the inter-war period Ian Ona Johnson
- 2. Political thinking and strategic planning for Hitler's lebensraum in the east Ben Shepherd
- 3. Stalin's political delusions and military preparations for war with Nazi Germany Hiroaki Kuromiya
- Part II. Opposing Forces:
- 4. The Ostheer: leadership, command, motivation and experience Jeff Rutherford and David Harrisville
- 5. The Red Army: leadership and command Alexander Hill
- 6. The Red Army: motivation and experience Roger Reese
- Part III. Campaigns:
- 7. Operation Barbarossa, 1941 David Stahel
- 8. Stalingrad and the eastern Front, 1942 Adrian E. Wettstein
- 9. Kursk, 1943 Roman Töppel
- 10. The Siege of Leningrad, 1941–1944 Evan Mawdsley
- 11. Operation Bagration, 1944 David R. Stone
- 12. The soviet conquest and occupation of Germany, 1945 Alexander Statiev
- Part IV. Criminality and Occupation:
- 13. German occupation and mass murder in the east, 1941–1944 Alex J. Kay
- 14. Soviet crimes at times of war, 1941–1945 Mark Edele
- Part V. Home Fronts:
- 15. The German home front Bastiaan Willems
- 16. The soviet war effort Wendy Z. Goldman
- Part VI. Comrades in Arms:
- 17. Germany and the axis in the east Oleg Beyda, Grant T. Harward, Richard Carrier and Henrik Meinander
- 18. The big three and the eastern front Geoffery Roberts
- Part VII. Post-War Legacies and Myth Making:
- 19. Germany's selective memory of the eastern front Jörg Echternkamp
- 20. The politics of war memory in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia Jonathan Brunstedt
- A guide to further reading
- Index.
